Trousers hanger



S. O. HULETT TROUSERS HANGER April 1, 1958 2 She ets-Sheet 1 Filed April 3. 1957 BiOJiuZeZZ INVENTOR I l I ATTORNEYS.

April 1, 1958 s. o. HULETT I 2,828,898

- TROUSERS HANGER Filed April 3. 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 In 0 Q Q mi M n I ks NE\ Q I N b m N v $.QHuZeZZ I INVENTOR ATTORNEYS United States Patent O TROUSERS HANGER Snoe 0. Hulett, Corry, Pa.

Application April 3, 1957, Serial No. 650,531 1 Claim. (Cl. 223-96) This invention relates to trousers hangers, an important object of the invention being to provide a trousers hanger which is designed for hanging trousers from the waistband and in an upright or straight position so that the crease of the trousers will be maintained free of wrinkles, and the contents of the pockets of the trousers will be held within the pockets against accidental displacement, as frequently happens when trousers are hung from the cuffs thereof. I

An important object of the invention is to provide a trousers hanger including a supporting bar with a stationary clamp at one end thereof and an adjustable clamp at the other end, the adjustable clamp being movable longitudinally of the supporting bar and with respect to the stationary clamp to adapt the clamp for clamping trousers having various sized waistbands.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a twin clamp at one end of the supporting bar, the twin clamp embodying spacer jaws and pivoted jaws cooperating therewith in clamping trousers, such spacer jaws being formed integral with a split body fitted over the supporting bar and spring members disposed between said body and movable jaws normally biasing the movable jaws towards the stationary jaws in clamping an article of apparel, the spring members also insuring pressure in the split portion of the body of the clamp causing the body of the clamp to grip the supporting bar and lock the adjustable clamp in its positions of adjustment along the supporting bar.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts, hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a trousers hanger constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the hanger hook, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. l.

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken through the stationary clamp of the hanger. Fig. 8' is a sectional view through a modified form of supporting bar.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the supporting bar of the hanger is indicated generally by the reference character 5, and as shown is provided with grooves 6 in its longitudinal side surfaces, which grooves provide upper "ice and lower laterally extended enlargements 7 providing a track for the movable jaw of the hanger and hanger hook, to be hereinafter more fully described. Formed integral with one end of the supporting bar 5, is a depending arm 8 formed with an enlargement 9 at its lower end, the enlargement 9 having teeth 10, providing a jaw for the stationary clamp.

The stationary clamp also includes a pivoted jaw 11 which also has a curved end 12 formed with teeth cooperating with the teeth 10 in clamping an article therebetween.

One end of the jaw 11 extends beyond the pivot 12 thereof and provides a finger piece 14 to be engaged by the index finger of the hand in moving the pivoted jaw 11 to its open position for fitting a garment thereto. The reference character 15 indicates a spring member which isfitted between the finger piece 14 and end of the supporting bar 5, the action of the spring 15 being to normally bias the pivoted jaw 11 towards the cooperating jaw of the clamp.

Formed integral with the supporting bar 5 at a point adjacent. to the stationary clamp, is a' thumb piece 16 which is so arranged that when the index finger of the hand operating the jaw-11 is placed on the finger piece 14, the thumb of the hand of the person may rest against the curved edges of the thumb piece 16 allowing pressure to be directed to the finger piece 14, thereby forcing the finger piece against the action of the spring 15, allowing the jaw 11 to swing outwardly so that a garment may be positioned between the jaws of the stationary clamp.

Cooperating with the stationary clamp is the adjustable clamp indicated generally by the reference character 17,

the adjustable clamp comprising a body portion 18 which is split as at 19 and provided with an opening to fit over the supporting bar 5, as better shown by Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The walls of the opening of the body portion are curved to fit within the grooves 6 of the supporting bar, so that the body portion of the adjustable clamp is held against lateral or swinging movement with respect to the supporting bar 5. Extending downwardly from the body portion 18 are arms 20 that have enlargements 21 formed at the lower ends thereof, which enlargements have curved serrated edges 22 providing jaws.

Pivotally mounted on opposite sides of said body portion 18, are arms 23, which arms have curved jaws 24 that cooperate with the enlargements or jaws 22 in gripping the articles supported by the adjustable clamp. The upper ends of the arms 23 beyond the pivot points 25 thereof, are inclined slightly outwardly and provide levers 26 to be gripped by the fingers of the operator in pressing the levers inwardly to cause the jaws at the opposite ends of the arms 23 to move outwardly.

The inner surfaces of the levers 26 are formed with I grooves 27, while directly opposite to the grooves 27 and formed in the edges of the body portion 18, are grooves 28, the grooves 27 and 28 receiving the ends of the springs 29, which are U-shaped and normally act to force the lever outwardly causing the opposite ends of the arms 23 to move inwardly in gripping an article.

Because the body portion 18 is split, there is a slight movement of the portion of the body adjacent to the split, towards or away from the supporting bar 5, the springs 29 acting as means to force the portions of the body adjacent to the split 29, into gripping engagement with the bar 5, holding the adjustable clamp in its positions of adjustment along the supporting bar 5 so that the clamps may properly locate within the waistband of trousers of a particular size.

The supporting hook for the hanger is indicated by the reference character 30 and comprises a base 21 split at 32 to permit slight lateral movement of the sides of the base 31 to grip the bar 5 and at the same time permit a sliding movement of the hook 30 along the supporting bar 5, to the end that after the adjustable clamp has been moved to the proper position along the supporting bar, the supporting book 'may be moved longitudinally of the supporting bar so that it may be located at a point intermediate the ends of the supporting bar 5 to properly balance the trousers supported thereon.

In the form of the invention as shown by Fig. 8 of the drawings, the cross sectionahstructure of the supporting bar has been varied somewhat and comprises a center web portion 33 androunded marginal edges 34.

It will, of course, be understood that with this variation in construction of the supporting bar 5, the sections of the base 31 and base of the adjustable clamp 17 will be correspondingly formed to permit them to he slid over the supporting bar 5.

From the foregoing it will be seen that trousers, such as indicated in lines at A, may be supported with the waistband thereof and belt secured to the trousers, within a space between the arms or jaws of the clamps insuring against the trousers becoming accidently displaced from the hanger.

It will also be seen that because of the'construction of the adjustable clamp and adjustable hanger, the clamps of the hanger may be arranged the proper distances apart to insure against the hanger tilting under the weight of the garment, to cause the garment to wrinkle while supported.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed A trousers hanger comprising a supporting bar, a stationary clamp depending from one end of said bar, a pivoted clamping member including a body portion formed with an opening fitted over said bar, said body portion having a split portion extending from one edge thereof terminating at the opening providing movable portions adapted to clamp said body portion to the supporting bar, stationary arms having jaws extending downwardly from said body portion, pivoted arms having jaws extending from said body portion cooperating with said stationary arms in gripping an article, spring members disposed between said pivoted arms and body portion on opposite sides of said split portion contacting with said pivoted arms and said movable portions, biasing said pivoted arms into gripping relation with said stationary jaws and simultaneously urging said movable portions of said body portion into gripping relation with said supporting bar.

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